Erik M. Jorgensen is an American biologist, currently teaching and running a microbiology and genetics lab at the University of Utah. He is a Distinguished Professor. [1] [2] [3] [4] He has been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator since 2005. [5]
The University of Utah is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest institution of higher education. It received its current name in 1892, four years before Utah attained statehood, and moved to its current location in 1900.
Peter John Stang is a German American chemist and Distinguished Professor of chemistry at the University of Utah. He was the editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Chemical Society from 2002 to 2020.
Hans Ris was an American cytologist and pioneer electron microscopist. His studies of chromosome structure revealed the importance of non-histone proteins, and along with evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis, he was one of the first to recognize that blue-green algae were a special type of bacteria. He coined the term genophore for prokaryote DNA to highlight its differences from the eukaryal chromosome. Ris was a founding member of the American Society for Cell Biology and received the Distinguished Scientist Award by the Microscopy Society of America in 1983.
Francis Dunham Wormuth was an American lawyer and teacher, having been a Distinguished Professor at the University of Utah.
Graeme Milton is an American mathematician, currently distinguished professor at University of Utah and also previously the Eisenbud Professor at Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in 2010 and also a full professor at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences.
Kathleen B. Mooney PhD, RN, FAAN is an American scientist, currently the Louis S. Peery and Janet B. Peery Presidential Endowed Chair in Nursing and Distinguished Professor of Nursing at the University of Utah. She is one of two co-leaders of the Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program at the Huntsman Cancer Institute. Her research focuses on palliative care symptom management for cancer patients and their family caregivers, clinical cancer outcomes, and technology aided interventions and telehealth.
Pierre Vsevolod Sokolsky is an American physicist, currently a Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Dean Emeritus of the University of Utah College of Science and also a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
Chris Ireland is an American pharmacist, currently the Dean and L. S. Skaggs Presidential Endow Chair for Pharmacy and Distinguished Professor at University of Utah.
Karl Gordon Lark was an American biologist and a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Utah, known for his research on canine genetics.
Matthew S. Sigman is an American chemist, focusing in Organic Synthesis & Asymmetric Catalysis. He is currently the Peter J. Christine S. Stang Presidential Endowed Chair and Distinguished Honors Professor at University of Utah and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Alexei Lvovich Efros is an American theoretical physicist who specializes in condensed matter physics. He is currently a Distinguished Professor at University of Utah.
Stephen Charles Jacobsen (1940–2016) was an American bioengineer, a pioneer in his field, specifically in developing medical devices and tools, including an artificial kidney and an exoskeleton, and was Distinguished Professor at University of Utah. He was a Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine.
Gary E. Keck is an American chemist.
Robert Keiter is an American lawyer, currently the Wallace Stegner Professor of Law and Distinguished Professor at S. J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah.
James "Jim" Paul Keener is an American mathematician, currently Distinguished Professor at University of Utah. He is recognized as a pioneer in the field of mathematical physiology and cardiology.
Raymond Gesteland is an American geneticist, currently Distinguished Professor Emeritus at University of Utah. He received his Ph.D. at Harvard University in Biochemistry and his B.S. and M.S. at the University of Wisconsin, also in Biochemistry.
Margaret Pabst Battin, also known as Peggy Battin, is an American philosopher, medical ethicist, author, and a current Distinguished Professor at the University of Utah. She is a supporter of assisted dying and has worked extensively on ethical aspects of this issue. In 1993, she was named a Spinoza Chair at the University of Amsterdam for her studies on assisted dying. Battin is a Hastings Center Fellow. In 2008 Battin's husband became quadriplegic after a bicycle accident, which caused her to refine and augment her thinking about assisted dying; he died in 2013 after he requested to turn off his life support.
Bené Arnold is an American ballet dancer, she is currently a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Utah.
Ellen R. Bromberg is an American dance scholar, currently a Distinguished Professor at University of Utah's School of Dance.
Anil Virkar is an American materials scientist and engineer, currently Distinguished Professor at University of Utah. He is a Fellow of the ASM International.